Marital status among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by marital status

% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who are…

Religious traditionMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Catholic55%6%10%7%22%2,770
Evangelical Protestant50%6%14%6%24%2,463
Historically Black Protestant28%7%18%4%44%464
Jehovah's Witness55%8%9%7%21%102
Jewish63%6%5%6%21%183
Mainline Protestant56%5%10%8%21%2,151
Mormon68%2%7%3%20%359
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")38%9%13%4%36%711
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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